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Less-appreciated holidays (USA and abroad)

Today is Flag Day here in the ol' U.S. of A. It gets some coverage on the news, and sadly fewer and fewer people are displaying their flags, at least around my area (which is fairly patriotic). What other holidays don't get the treatment they deserve? And what others are out there (especially internationally, where some of us don't even know about them) we are clueless about, or how they started?

I laugh about Arbor Day (from some old radio commercial where someone was saying they would go on a diet or lose wait on "Arbor Day, definitely Arbor Day" ) at times, but trees can help all of us out (shade, apples, CO2 levels, etc.).

In Boy Scouts, I was a color guard several times in big events, we learned about honoring the flag and folding it properly, and even we didn't really give much thought to Flag Day. It's celebrating the adoption of the US flag, not that big a deal to me, it's what the flag stands for that matters more. The idea of celebrating the adoption of a symbol rings hollow to me, I'd rather folks display their flags whenever they feel patriotic rather than twice a year because the calendar says so.

Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.

"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"

The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.

I laugh about Arbor Day (from some old radio commercial where someone was saying they would go on a diet or lose wait on "Arbor Day, definitely Arbor Day" ) at times, but trees can help all of us out (shade, apples, CO2 levels, etc.).

Arbor day is actually more important than most people think. Did you know, for instance that grown "adult" trees are actually oxygen neutral. This means that they produce as much as they use, as opposed to young tress that actually produce more oxygen than they use.

This is why it's important to plant trees.

It is also why I support deforestation so long as each tree is replaced by a young sapling. It's much better for the environment. Also older trees tend to die and leave kindling which can lead to uncontrolled burning of forests if/when a fire breaks out.

As for lesser appreciated holidays, I believe the world should celebrate my birthday May 10th! This should be a global holiday in which every citizen of the earth should send me one dollar...just for being me!

As for lesser appreciated holidays, I believe the world should celebrate my birthday May 10th! This should be a global holiday in which every citizen of the earth should send me one dollar...just for being me!

I've actually been doing that for the last 26 years, sk. Your address is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C., right?

As for trees and flags, I try to consider their importance, regardless of the calendar, but joining in with others on certain days is the value of such holidays, I believe. I had US flags in my car more 6 years and 8 months ago (do the math to see what I mean) and I also know how to fold it from Boy Scouts. There've been at least three trees on my property for the last 20+ years for all those great reaons listed.

There've been at least three trees on my property for the last 20+ years for all those great reaons listed.

I don't own property right now, but I helped my folks plan a young tree at their place a few years ago. I also worked for a tree company and landscaping business while I was in high school. We planted a lot of trees.

Arbor Day is a celebration of the greatness of John Denver, who was so incredibly awesome that Jesus wanted him to play his birthday party every year and faked his death in a plane crash. He, Enoch, and Elijah are the only three mortal men to ever ascend into heaven without dying first.

Little-known fact: Dengar Day was founded in 1982 by actor Morris Bush, because he thought John Denver was so incredibly awesome, he needed another day to celebrate his awesomeness. However, Bush, not wanting to fall afoul of trademark lawyers by calling it Arbor Day II or John Denver Day, named the day after a character he'd played in The Empire Strikes Back, whom he expected would always be obscure.